Our Whistling Servant Girl, song with artistic whistling,
performed by recording pioneer John Y. AtLee.

Our Whistling Servant Girl

Company

United States Phonograph Company

Cylinder #

None

Category

Song with whistling chorus

Title

Our Whistling Servant Girl

Performed by

John Y. AtLee

Circa

1900

Announcement

"Our Whistling Servant Girl, by John Y. At Lee."

John Yorke AtLee (also spelled At Lee, or Atlee) was one of the first
"stars" of the recording industry.
Living in Washington, D.C., a government civil servant by day, by night he
plied his skill in artistic whistling, beginning in 1890,
to making records for the then young Columbia Phonograph Company.

A popular novelty, whistling recorded very well on
early phonographic recording equipment and the records were big sellers
throughout the 1890s up through the mid-1900s.

This late recording by AtLee features his characteristic "singing" style
along with whistling choruses.